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Black Widows: More than just a spider.

Seeing bunnies and eating too much sugar? It must

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The walls have ears…and a loud mouth.

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The Fox Day frenzy has reached an all time insan-ity level this year as students spend their nights playing the ever so risky Fox Day roulette and praying for the Fox. However, this year there has been a new addition to the Fox craze, The Fox Day Cam!

The Fox Cam is a live video showing the flagpole on Mills Lawn where the Fox will soon proudly sit. X-Club member Steven Madow (Class of 2011) is the trend’s originator. Since his window in Gale Hall directly over-looks Mills Lawn, Madow took advantage of his prime real estate by pointing an HD camera at the flagpole and streaming the video feed digitally. Students can sit and excitedly watch this feed for hours on end in hopes of see-ing that dolly coming out at 6:30 a.m. wheeling the glori-ous 300-pound Fox that car-ries with it so much student happiness.

FOX DAY CAM:Jenn StullThe Sandspur

Fox Crazy: In addition to the already present anticipation for Fox Day, the Fox Day Cam has caused a frenzy on campus, with numerous students tuning in to stare at the flagpole on Mills Lawn. Some students have chosen to camp out and await the arrival of the fox.

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New class offers to “ex-plore leadership through

the lens of action, not position.”

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Not only was the piece executed beautifully, but

I was amazed at how Espisito was not flipping

sheets of music—she had it memorized!

MCT CAMPUS

Some students have voiced their opinion that the Rollins College post office is not open long enough during the day.

As stated on the Web site, the Rollins College post of-fice’s business hours are from 8:30 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with window hours between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Although official business hours do not start until 8:30 a.m., the post office personnel will arrive at 7:30 a.m. to sort the mail in the correct boxes by the time the window opens at 11:00 a.m. However, the door to the Mills Building is typically un-

locked before and after the post office’s stated hours of opera-tion, so students can access their campus box all but a few hours of the day.

Post Office Supervisor Galen “Doc” Gallup person-ally picks up the mail from the Winter Park Post Office in the mornings on his way into work. “Otherwise the mail would not arrive to campus till the late morning, which means we would not have time to sort through it before the window opened,” says Doc.

Doc is one of the three full time staff members at the on-campus post office. The full-

time staff is also assisted by two work study students who help sort the mail part-time before or after class.

Doc exudes customer ser-vice: he is always ready to give students, faculty and staff a helping hand and answer what-ever questions are asked of him.

During our interview many students picked up their mail, and Doc actually knew a major-ity of the students by name.

He also encountered a fran-tic customer that was unsure if he would be able to make it back to the post office before the win-dow closed that day. Doc pa-tiently told the customer that he would keep the window open a little bit longer to accommodate him.

Doc enthusiastically ex-plained the post office opera-tions. While letters and flats can usually fit into the boxes, pink slips must be filled out for each and every parcel, alerting the students to ask for assistance.

The post office must also oversee the postal operations of the 65+ campus departments. Every day around midday, Doc drives his white minivan

around campus on a two-hour, 40-stop route, picking up and dropping off mail to the differ-ent departments.

The post office also over-sees the bulk mail operations. Although each department is responsible for sealing and postmarking its own mail, the post office must sort each batch of mail by zip code and bring it to the bulk mail unit.

According to the informa-tion provided, the hours of op-eration seem to be ample and sufficient. The post office works hard to make sure students have the opportunity to get mail out in a timely fashion.

Alexis NeuThe Sandspur A New Fox Day

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Doc exudes customer service: he is always ready to give students, faculty, and staff a help-ing hand and answer whatever questions are

asked of him.

Victory is Tars!

FROM ROLLINSSPORTS.COMWinning Streak: Rollins sports experienced non-stop wins this past week. Our Women’s Lacrosse team continued its season success with two wins April 2 and 3, against Con-verse and Lees-McRae.

Gallen “Doc” Gallup, Post Office Supervisor

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Post Office Goes Above and Beyond

•The campus post office charges exactly the same postage rates as any of-ficial U.S. post office would charge. This includes $0.42 for first class letters, $0.83 for large envelops, and beginning at $1.17 for parcels.

•All mail that expects to be sent out the same day must be brought to the post office by 3:00 p.m., which is typical of most post offices.

•The Department of Receiving, separate from the post office, deals with all FedEx and UPS packages.

•Window hours are from 11:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

What you might want to know about the POST OFFICE:

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Elections in Sudan will con-tinue on schedule this month, despite the major opposition’s threat to boycott, according to BBC News. While the Umma Party demanded a four-week delay in order to establish a new body that would be in charge of supervising the elections, the polls are instead expected to oc-cur later this week or next. The

Discovery and seven as-tronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on one of NASA's fi-nal stockpiling missions to the International Space Station, its takeoff flames bringing an early dawn to the coast with this last scheduled shuttle launch in darkness.

The liftoff, less than an hour before sunrise, helped clinch a record for the most women in space at the same time.

upcoming elections will be the first multi-party national poll in the largest country in Africa since 1986.

Sudan has been plagued with conflict and genocide for the past seven years in the west-ern region of Darfur, where al-most 3 million people have been displaced, and up to 300,000 have been killed.

While pastoralists and ag-riculturalists fight over land in the west, the government has

also had to deal with the south-ern area - which is rich in oil - and its threats of secession.

In addition, the North and South have fought in a civil war for almost three decades over resources and over religious and ethnic differences.

President Omar al-Bashir of the National Congress Party was in power during this time, and has now been charged with war crimes against humanity by the UN-supervised Internation-

al Criminal Court. The elections this week are

critical, then, to ensure a chance for peace in Sudan. Many of the opposing parties of the current government have dropped out of the elections, however, be-cause they believe the process will be unfair and fraudulent.

While Scott Gration, U.S. envoy to Sudan, assured the public that the elections will be “as free and as fair as possible,” the Umma Party nevertheless contends that the National Elec-toral Commission is acting in favor of the National Congress Party.

The Umma Party is also asking for caps on campaign spending and for fair and equal access for state media to cover the elections.

The party will revoke its campaign if its demands are not met on Tuesday.

The southern Sudan Peo-ple’s Liberation Movement has also withdrawn from the presi-dential election, citing security issues and potential fraud.

The People’s Liberation Movement has served in coali-tion with President al-Bashir at the national level since 2005, due to the peace deal between the North and South in the same year. In response to the party’s withdrawal, however, the presi-dent has warned that he will cancel a referendum regarding independence for the South.

If interested in stopping genocide in Darfur and in sup-porting fair elections, find out more about how to help at www.savedarfur.org.

Three women are aboard Discovery, and another already is at the space station, making for an unprecedented foursome.

The shuttle should arrive at the orbiting outpost Wednes-day.

In a rare treat, the space sta-tion passed over the launch site 15 minutes before Discovery blasted off and was easily vis-ible, resembling a big, brilliant star in the clear morning sky with the moon as a dramatic backdrop.

Spectators were might-

ily impressed, and there was a chorus of "Oooooh." By launch time, the outpost had traveled almost all the way across the Atlantic.

"It's time for you to rise to orbit. Good luck and God-speed," launch director Pete Nickolenko told the astronauts right before liftoff.

"Let's do it!" replied com-mander Alan Poindexter.

Discovery could be seen with the naked eye for seven minutes as it shot upward, add-ing to the show.

And almost as an encore, the exhaust plumes fanned out in spirals across the sky, turning pale shades of rose, peach and gold in the glinting sunlight.

The six space station resi-dents gathered around the din-ner table to watch the launch on a laptop computer.

"We are absolutely delight-ed to have our friendly com-rades joining us here in a couple of days," said spaceman Timo-thy Creamer.

"Stand by for a knock on the door," Mission Control radioed.

Discovery Launch: Great Success!

Marcia DunnAssociated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESSWe Have Lift-Off: Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral April 5. Its mission was to take the astronauts to the International Space Center.

ASSOCIATED PRESSPotential President: Yasser Arman of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement party at a recent press conference. His party’s plans to boycott the upcoming elections may put the election’s fate in jeopardy.

Sudanese Elections Show Hope for Country

Emily SessomsThe Sandspur

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Mayhem in Moscow: Suicide BombingsBrendan MonroeThe Sandspur

Last week’s suicide bomb-ings in Moscow serve as a haunting reminder of the ever- present danger posed by Islamic terrorists and their supporters. This is most regrettably not the first time something like this has happened, in Russia or else-where.

What seemed a unique concept to outsiders – female suicide bombers – is in fact all too common in Russia, where these members of the supposed-ly “gentler” gender have earned for themselves the name “Black Widows.”

The double-pronged ex-plosion on two separate sub-way tracks in the busiest metro system in the world resulted in 39 casualties and an additional 70-plus injured. This figure is merely a fraction of the hun-

dreds estimated dead in the 16 bombings carried out by the Black Widows over the past de-cade.

The story took a further twist when it was revealed that the aforementioned sui-cide bomber was a 17-year-old widowed girl whose husband had been an influential leader of Muslim insurgents who was killed in December by govern-ment forces. The question, then, is if Chechen rebels are truly justified in retaliating against these atrocities.

This is where any argu-ment endorsing retaliatory violence must come to an end. As any competent individual knows, two wrongs do not make a right, and by murdering innocent civilians the Islamic rebels in Chechnya are hurting their country and their people. Most troubling of all, however, is a recent report from the New

ASSOCIATED PRESSEffects: Commuters injured by the subway bombing in Moscow wait for medical care after the explosion.

York Times that xenophobia in Russia has risen markedly in the days following the suicide attacks.

Women with dark hair and eyes, notable characteristics of those from Chechnya and Rus-sia’s own North Caucasus re-gion, are reporting increased harassment and hostility from fellow citizens.

Just last week a brawl took place on a subway train when several passengers demanded to personally inspect the lug-gage of a group of individuals bearing the darker Slavic fea-tures prevalent in those from the south.

It is not uncommon to hear stories of women who have been accosted in public with ac-cusatory cries of “Chechen” and “terrorist,” due entirely to their darker features.

It is a terribly unjust, igno-rant stereotype that calls atten-

Next week, from Monday to Friday, the Rollins Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) presents the “Week of Action,” dedicating each day to a dif-ferent social justice “-ism” to educate the Rollins community about the world and how to make a difference. By the end of the week, SLAP hopes to have built the foundations of a stronger campus community so that we can live up to our Rol-lins mission statement as being “global citizens” and “respon-sible leaders.”

SLAP is a nationally based student organization that strives to engage college students to get involved in economic justice campaigns as well as educating students on labor and worker rights. Louisa Gibbs (Class of 2011) and Frankie Mastrange-

lo (Class of 2010) decided to bring this new force to Rollins in the fall 2009 semester. From then they have only grown and have already made changes to the Rollins community, such as their recent bill passed through both the Finances and Services Committee and Student Gov-ernment Association that aims for all student organizations to purchase merchandise through sweat-free and/or union-friend-ly companies.

On a national level, each SLAP organization across the country organizes a “Week of Action” that highlights the ma-jor labor issues of the day.

Many schools team up with their local unions on campus to ensure that they are receiv-ing fair wages and treatment in the workplace, while oth-ers like the SLAP group at the University of Central Florida campaigned for a “sweat-free”

campus. However, the Rollins SLAP group wanted to take the concept of the week and expand it to involve a range of student organizations driven by the common goal for social justice. After much consideration and planning, the “Week of Action” committee eventually decided to hold a weeklong schedule of events on a different “-ism” for each day of the week.

Monday represents rac-ism and ethnocentrism, Tues-day covers sexism, classism will be covered on Wednesday, followed by heterosexism on Thursday, and finally, Friday will highlight abilism.

Starting the week is Mon-day’s theme of racism, as the “Society for a Just Peace in Pal-estine” will be holding an open mic event on Mills Lawn from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., giving every-one and anyone the opportu-nity to get up there and express

themselves.We move from racism to

sexism as the students of the “Women and Globalization” class will be conducting a “Ban-dana Project.”

Wednesday focuses on the issue of classism, hosted by Rol-lins SLAP. Between the hours of 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. they will be building a “Wall of Debt” to rep-resent the amount of debt Roll-ins students either already have or will find themselves having by the time they graduate.

Be sure to join Tau Kappa Epsilon and Spectrum at com-mon hour on Thursday in the Darden Lounge for their trivia show “That’s So Gay!” It will be focused on LGBTIQQA trivia with prizes for the winners.

Finally Friday is the day devoted to abilism in an attempt to draw attention to the accep-

tance of disabilities to our cam-pus. SLAP will be sticking up signs outside the more popular buildings at Rollins to highlight their ease of accessibility.

The Office of Multicultural Affairs has been fully support-ive of SLAP efforts to bring together different student or-ganizations collaborating for a better and stronger campus, especially Graduate Assistant Amit Karr and Director of the office Mahjabeen Rafiuddin. They believe that the week will ignite a new sense of communi-ty on our campus. Look out for the events throughout the week and be part of the new socially just movement at Rollins. If you have any questions feel free to contact Louisa Gibbs, lgibbs@rollins.edu, or Frankie Mas-trangelo, fmastrangelo@rollins.edu.

tion away from the true criminal nature of the at-tacks – Islamic fundamentalism, which has once again reared its ugly head, this time in Russia’s capital city. Un-less we, the rest of the world, put our ignorance aside we will never be able to unite and under-stand the real-ity that is today’s most popular form of terror-ism.

G r o w i n g not from one or two regions around the world, these attacks are fostered through the cripplingly weak

ideology which enables such terrorists in the first place.

SLAP Presents the “Week Of Action!”Louisa GibbsThe Sandspur

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The opinions on this page and in the opinions section do not necessarily represent the view of The Sandspur or The Sandspur Staff.

The recent case involv-ing Google and China has sur-prised everyone.

That a corporation would care about more than just profit does seem a revolutionary posi-tion in today’s world, but it is nevertheless a stand that could have long lasting, worldwide reverberations.

Google’s stance alone could be enough to force China to adapt its policies to fit a more ac-ceptable standard, mainly, com-plying more closely with global human rights laws. The dozens of bouquets left at the front of Google’s Beijing headquarters (which, it was announced last week, will close), seems to indi-cate that public opinion in Chi-na and the world rests firmly on the side of Google.

As prognosticators have pointed out, the leadership at Google have made it clear that they will not tolerate govern-ment officials, Chinese or oth-erwise, hacking into the e-mail accounts of human rights advo-cates and imposing their will on the company as they see fit.

I will not sugarcoat things and suggest that the prospects are all rosy for Google in this sordid affair. By engaging China so publicly in this scan-dal, Google has risked alienat-

ing a significant portion of the worldwide internet population. China does, after all, contain a whopping 384 million internet users. It is worth noting that this figure is higher than the entire U.S. population, with an astounding 84 million left to spare! That a company would have the gonads to risk losing a potential base of customers this high shows that Google’s motto, “Don’t be evil,” is not just for show.

This also says a number of interesting things about the Chinese political environment. The rebellion in China against the Communist regime is growing stronger every day, as evidenced by the Chinese out-pouring of support for Google. Whether or not Google loses in this venture, China most defi-nitely has nothing to gain, and can only lose with the large amount of negative publicity this has garnered around the world.

The Google “situation” has implicated China directly and has served to reinforce the al-ready negative stereotypes in existence about the Communist government. This, one can only hope, might pressure the gov-ernment to change. It is truly amazing the ramifications one company can have on the world when they stand up for what is right.

Google: “Don’t Be Evil”Brendan MonroeThe Sandspur

This week President Barack Obama changed our nuclear weapon use policy.

Previously, there existed merely vague guidelines re-garding when a nuclear weap-on could be used. Indeed, it was designed this way in the Cold War so that the United States Executive Branch could launch a nuclear response or a nuclear attack if the need arose. How-ever, President Obama has now declared that the United States will not use a nuclear weapon even if the United States is at-tacked with chemical, biologi-cal, or cyber weapons. In short, this means that a country could launch a massive biological at-tack and would not face a nu-clear retaliation.

This move has left the Unit-ed States open to attack and has endangered the American peo-ple.

In the Gulf War, it was shown that nuclear weap-ons deter other WMD attacks. President George H.W. Bush insinuated in multiple pub-lic speeches before the Gulf War that if Iraq were to use its chemical weapons against US troops that a nuclear response would occur. Chemical weap-ons were not used against US troops in Iraq. By threatening to retaliate with nuclear weap-ons, countless American lives were saved. Under President Obama’s policy, this would no longer be the case. Instead, if US forces were attacked with a devastating chemical weapon, the US would not respond with nuclear weapons.

A common concern to-day is that the United States will suffer a cyber attack. The reasons for this concern are numerous. In short, though, a

cyber attack is relatively cheap and easy to perform. Further, a cyber attack could cripple the American economy and disrupt almost every aspect of Ameri-

Are Obama’s Policies Endangering the American People?Travis ClingerThe Sandspur

can life. This makes this type of attack very appealing to a state that does not like the United States, but is afraid of US re-taliation. A state is more likely

to launch a cyber attack when they know that nuclear weap-ons will not be used in retalia-tion. The fear of the devastation of a nuclear attack deters states from launching cyber attacks.

Indeed, deterrence is the reason that the United States maintains such a large nucle-ar arsenal. By stating that the United States will not launch a nuclear attack, President Obama destroys deterrence. A nuclear arsenal is maintained not because a state plans to ac-tually use a nuclear device, but instead because a state must maintain the necessary power to prevent other states from launching attacks.

Chemical and biological at-tacks are both devastating and horrific. In every case, these weapons do not discriminate between civilian personnel and military personnel. Instead, these weapons kill everything they come into contact with.

These weapons have been outlawed and destroyed in most developed states. The country needs to alert other states that if chemical or biological weapons are used, a nuclear response would be imminent. These weapons are too horrible and too devastating to be met with a conventional weapon attack.

The fact is very simple. President Obama has endan-gered the American people by reducing the ability of the United States to use its nuclear weapons. A state could murder millions of people with a chem-ical weapon and the United States would not respond with a nuclear attack. This is danger-ous for the US and the Ameri-can people.

ASSOCIATED PRESSNuclear weapons: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in front of a portrait of the late Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini, where he ridiculed President Obama’s new nuclear strategy.

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Yoni’s take on the political environment of the nation and the

world.

Yoni BinstockColumnist

Venus Project

The Beagle’s Nose

This past weekend, I took a road trip down to Ve-nus, Florida to visit one of the most revolutionary thinkers of our time: Jacque Fresco, the founder of the Venus Project. Although Jacque is 94 years old, he is constantly in action, alternating between traveling the world giving lectures, de-signing new innovations, or giving a tour of his research center located in Venus. He is an engineer, inventor and author by occupation and a social philosopher by hobby.

He was first globally rec-ognized during an interview with Larry King in the 1970s. The resurgence of his ideas are the cause of the sequel to the first Zeitgeist movie, “Zeitgeist Addeneum,” which has more than 600,000 views on Youtube.

He has been invited to such prestigious locations as Princeton, Columbia, the Department of TEC de Mon-terrey University in Monter-rey, Mexico (Latin America’s top-rated college), and the Technical University in Vi-enna. He has also spoken in Copenhagen, Denmark, London, UK, San Salvador and Turkey. Although he has recently gone to the hospital for heart conditions, he plans to leave in coming weeks to go on a lecture tour of more than 20 locations around the world. The world community is evermore recognizing his ideas and it is time that they are also shared at Rollins.

The Venus Project is about directing our technol-ogy and resources toward positive change for the maxi-mum benefit of the planet and seeking out new ways of thinking and living that em-phasize and celebrate the vast potential of the human spirit. Those affiliated believe that our current monetary system is not capable of providing a high standard of living for ev-eryone, nor that it can ensure the protection of the environ-ment because the major mo-tive is profit.

Strategies such as down-sizing, polluting, making toxic toys, designing prod-ucts for intended obsolesce, and terrible work conditions all increase the profit margin. With the advent of automa-tion, cybernation, artificial intelligence, and nano-tech-nology there will be an ever-increasing replacement of

people by machines. As a result, fewer people

will be able to purchase goods and services in addition to the ever-increasing negative im-pacts throughout our environ-ment, even though our capa-bility to produce abundance will continue to exist. Capital-ism also requires that the vast majority of people be second-hand citizens while a minority holds the vast amount of pow-er and wealth. It is because of these reasons that the Venus Project advocates for the com-plete eradication of capitalism or any other monetary system.

They believe in a system known as a “resource-based economy” (as opposed to a monetary based economy) where nothing has a monetary value to it. A resource-based economy utilizes existing re-sources rather than money and provides an equitable method of distributing these resources in the most efficient manner for the entire popula-tion. It is a system in which all goods and services are avail-able without the use of money, credits, barter, or any other form of debt or servitude. They believe that any modern society should have access to highly advanced technologies and therefore be able to make available food, clothing, hous-ing and medical care, main-tain a relevant educational system, and develop a limit-less supply of renewable, non-contaminating energy such as geothermal, solar, wind, and tidal all without a price tag.

According to them, at present we have enough ma-terial resources to provide a very high standard of living for all of the Earth’s inhabit-ants. Only when population exceeds the carrying capacity of the land do many problems such as greed, crime and vio-lence emerge. By overcoming scarcity, most of the crimes and even the prisons of to-day’s society will no longer be necessary. They believe that since scarcity is the sole reason for capitalism, the best way to live a sustainable life is to maintain a system where there is no scarcity. By using renew-able energy, extremely effi-cient recycling processes and automation, only a fraction of the Earth’s resources will have to be used in order to have a high standard of living.

Resource based econo-mists believe that even to-day, much of the technology needed to bring about a global resource-based economy ex-ists. If we choose to conform to the limitations of our pres-ent monetary-based economy, then it is likely that we will continue to live with its in-evitable results: war, poverty, hunger, deprivation, crime, ig-norance, stress, and inequity. We must realize that we are on a non-sustainable path with growing populations and that we live on a planet whose abil-ity to support advanced hu-man societies is diminishing. We must explore options like the Venus Project if we are to move forward in a sustainable and equitable way.

The opinions on this page and in the opinions section do not necessarily represent the view of The Sandspur or The Sandspur Staff.

Editor’s Note: This letter was submitted by a member of the Rol-lins community on behalf of the Voices for Women organization.

Dear President Duncan,

Our student organiza-tion, Voices for Women, re-cently hosted a week of events centered on ending violence against women. This national ly celebrated week, entitled V-Week, is a particularly impor-tant consciousness-raising ac-tivity for college students.

According to RAINN.org, college-age women are four times more likely to be sexually assaulted than any other age group.

One of our efforts to raise awareness concerning this pressing issue consisted of do-mestic and sexual assault sur-vivors filling out ribbons that symbolized their, or a loved one’s, traumatic experience. Voices for Women members then tied these ribbons to trees around Mills Lawn.

This activity is known as The Tree of Hope. In order to

contextualize our actions, we placed signs indicating what the ribbons represented on Mills Lawn.

One can imagine the strength and courage it takes to come forward and acknowl-

edge this anguish. Consider-ing the severity and urgency of this issue, we were profoundly disturbed by recent vandal-ism against the Tree of Hope exhibit. On Monday morning, we found that the sign indicat-ing the ribbons’ purpose read, “HAHA LOLZ.”

We feel that this graffiti signifies a larger problem con-cerning hate speech on the Rol-lins campus. Rollins students must be aware that such dem-onstrations of insensitivity and disrespect are unacceptable.

A Letter to the CommunityAt this time, we feel it is

imperative that the Rollins ad-ministration and Voices for Women be allies. We ask that you release a statement to the campus condemning this hei-nous act of disrespect.

If we are ever going to create a more inclusive and re-spectful campus culture, we must take action when issues like this arise. Additionally, we ask that you consider this inci-dent when making future deci-sions concerning the allocation of funding for sexual assault educational programming and the creation of a Women’s Cen-ter.

As students, we recog-nize the extent of our campus’ hostility toward diversity and women.

Yet, if we intend on mak-ing any sort of change, and cultivating truly responsible leaders, both students and ad-ministration must work togeth-er to uphold the values of our institution.

Sincerely,Voices for Women

We feel that this graffiti signifies a larg-er problem concerning

hate speech on the Rollins campus.

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MELANIE WEITZNERRemembering: Ribbons tied onto trees on campus, particularly around Mills Lawn, represent victims of domestic abuse.

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Students can also provide commentary on the website (www.foxdaycam.com) via Face-book status to converse about the fox and when they predict it will come out. Rollins students of course love to take everything to the next level. If one spends a good amount of time watch-ing the Fox Cam, there is a good chance one will stumble upon several students giving public shout outs, performing crazy dances or playing guitar hero in front of the camera.

Overall, it seems as though the Fox Day Cam has been re-ceived extremely well among members of the Rollins commu-nity. Renee Fiorot (Class of 2012) says, “I don’t remember last year being so crazy. I guess the Fox Cam just adds to it all.”

Dustin Schwab (Class of 2010) says, “I think the Fox Cam brings us all together and builds a community through the World Wide Web and Facebook. We can all watch the same thing at the same time and comment on it.” The Fox Cam gives students the ability to know right from their

own dorm rooms when the fox is out without having to leap from bed at 6:30 a.m. The cam will be streaming everyday until the elu-sive Fox emerges from its den.

Shayla Alamino (Class of 2012) says, “I think the Fox Cam is a great idea. It definitely amps up the anticipation of Fox Day and sort of creates almost its own entertainment. It encourages col-lege students to go out to Mills Lawn and do tricks and just par-ticipate in the festivities.”

The Fox Cam creator him-self, Steven Madow (Class of 2011) says he got the idea be-cause, “the last two years living on mills I was able to look out my window and see the fox and I wanted to share that experience with everyone.” Madow goes on to thank Peter Chesarek (Class of 2007) for “supplying free of charge the mass amount of data that is being streamed.”

So, no matter how much roulette you play, no matter how much stress you endure and no matter how long the president makes us wait, just know the Fox Day Cam is always there for you waiting to display good news in the morning.

Fox Hunting SeasonCONTINUED

JENN STULLTrail of Tears: ROC members PJ Delone, Billy Yates, and Garrett Flick (Class of 2012) lament the absence of their beloved stone cold fox from its natural habitat at the base of the Mills Lawn flagpole.

THE SANDSPURBananarama: An anonymous banana is one of many who has provided entertainment for Fox Day Cam viewers.

TRAVIS CLINGERRockin’ into the Night: (From left to right) Shawn Kroger, Troy Davis, and Mike Davis play Rock Band as they wait for the fox.

JENN STULLStack ‘Em Up: (From top to bottom) Garrett Flick, Billy Yates, and PJ Delone (Class of 2012) play house at their temporary campsite.

The Rollins College Sandspur April 9, 20106c e n t e r s p r e a d

This year, the Florida Film Festival has returned to Winter Park with a more impressive, finely tuned slate of films than ever before.

Beginning on April 9, viewers can gather together to enjoy great film in the Central Florida area and, increasingly, the Southeastern United States as a whole.

Films have always been shown at one of two Winter Park venues, but this year offers an addition of a third venue, the Plaza Cinema.

The newer venue, in addition to festival mainstays like the charmingly unique Enzian Theater and Regal Cinema’s Winter Park Village, offers a comfortable atmosphere in which to watch the more than 140 films that are to be shown at this year’s festival.

The diversity and variance among this year’s crop of nominees is unlike any prior year, and will surely guarantee something of value to everyone in attendance. If your taste runs specifically towards that of thrillers, the Swedish mystery adaptation “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” will be hard to beat.

If animated films are more your style, the Oscar nominated “The Secret of Kells” will be making its statewide debut.

Few experiences in recent memory compare to the absolute spectacle that was Ultra 2010. From the five-star lineup to the unbelievable stage production, Ultra 2010 provided a music festival that was “catered perfectly to the audience,” said PJ Delone (Class of 2012).

Set in the heart of Miami in Bicentennial park for the last 5 years, Ultra Music Festival (or UMF for short) has been one of the fastest-growing regional music fests in the country. Beginning in 1999 as a gathering of local artists, Ultra 2010 was a sold-out event with over 100,000 fans packed into the site in the heart of Miami. The festival drew such a huge crowd this year that UMF 2011 is slated to be 3 days long.

The extra day will certainly come in handy, as the only drawback of the incredible collection of artists all playing Ultra was deciding who to see!

Everyone from old school techno legends like the Crystal Method and Faithless Soundsystem to contemporary dance/house giants like Carl Cox and Swedish House Mafia was in attendance, drawing a broad spectrum of fans who, despite their demographic differences, all shared a love for electronic music.

Speaking of fans, the festival atmosphere was one of the highlights of the entire adventure. People dressed in all manner of garb ranging from psychedelic outfits with glowing lights and glowsticks to intricately planned costumes

featuring life-size angel wings that did not even draw a second glance. At Ultra, the focus was as much on unadulterated individual expression as it was about the shared experience of attendance.

“As someone new to the electronic music scene, it was incredible the way you felt like you were part of some big collective experience that everyone shared. I’m already planning for next year,” said Delone.

As much fun as Ultra was for everyone there, the event organizers could certainly have done a few things differently.

For one, there was no map of the site posted that we could find, resulting in a lot of confusion and lost time when trying to find some of the less-publicized artists who weren’t playing the main stage.

Although it was this aimless wandering that introduced us to several incredible artists we would not have seen otherwise, the event needs more clearly marked stages.

And while I understand how profitable it is for the only source of drinking water to be $5 a bottle at the drink tents, Miami isn’t exactly known for its mild climate, making this somewhat of a public safety issue.

Despite these few shortcomings, the event itself did not disappoint by any means. The headlining artist for Saturday night, house giant Deadmau5, put on an incredible live performance that left only one thing on the crowd’s mind when he finished the set: more electronic music!

Florida Film FestivalBrendan MonroeThe Sandspur

There is no short supply of documentaries in this year’s festival either, and many have the potential to end the year on critics’ short lists.

One movie with a lot of buzz at the moment is “The Lottery,” a film which traces the struggle faced by inner city families in preparing their child for a single opportunity which could make or break his or her life.

“Con Artist” examines one of the world’s oldest professions and “Cleanflix” takes a look at a Utah based video store that edits Hollywood movies for even the slightest of objectionable content.

As a participating member in the current Florida Film Festival class being offered by Dr. Maurice O’Sullivan and Dr. Denise Cummings, I have the wonderful fortune of being able to fully participate in this year’s festival.

One of the most interesting genres of the year is the foreign submissions at the festival. Whether you are into French films about Coco Chanel, Italian films about cooking, or German films about family and acceptance, this year’s festival offers a plethora of options.

Whether you are a student or faculty member, old or young, I wholeheartedly encourage you to attend this year and partake in the festival that has come to enliven our little town once again.

This festival always opens the eyes of anyone who wishes to see something different.

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April 9, 20108 L i f e & T i m e s

...as soon as I entered the room, a certain silence fell among them faster than the Rollins student body’s GPA when we found out this past Tuesday

was not Fox Day.

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It’s a Small World After All

Jenn’s take on our Rollins Campus and

the world in which we live.

Advice from Jenn

Jenn StullColumnist

Admit it: we are all guilty of doing a little gossiping, a little trash talking, or a little harmless bantering among friends. I know I am. As we all know, every week I write to the Rollins world about this small campus in which we live and the effects it has on us students. Well folks, something happened to me last week and I could not have asked for a more perfect event to write about.

On a small campus such as Rollins, it is probably in your best interest to keep negative

words within the confines of a private setting such as your dorm room, or the anonymous online forum, CollegeACB; because if you do not, such an event as I am about to recount could happen to you!

About a week ago, I received a phone call from a friend. She was sitting in the common room of an unnamed residence hall doing homework. As fate would have it, there was a gaggle of students sitting at the table next to her sharing their rather blunt views on my column.

I found this situation quite humorous, and my friend insisted that I come over and pay these students a visit. So naturally, I did. Needless to say, as soon as I entered the room, a certain silence fell among them faster than the Rollins student body’s GPA when everyone found out this past Tuesday was not Fox Day.

After I left (and made my knowledge of their chit chat well-known) my source informed me that one student said, “I am so embarrassed,” while another said, “Who cares, I’ve never seen her before anyway.” But the truth

is, like I have said all along, once you have an awkward account on the Rollins campus, it will haunt you forever.

I would like to thank these students. For all the negative things you have to say about my articles, you have essentially proven my point. This is an extremely small school where everyone knows everyone’s business and no one can hide from what they have done or said. I am not angered by this encounter. I am not here to try and please anyone by my words, but rather communicate my observations to the community. These students and many more may read this column and disagree with my opinions, but that is just what they are: opinions.

So what is worse, having people talk and finding out about it, or never finding out at all? Is ignorance really bliss, or is having the opportunity to set people in their place more satisfying? I can tell you from personal experience, revenge really is sweet. But on a small campus such as this it seems as though if we knew all the conversation that went on about each individual person there would be no one left to trust. On a grander scale it seems as though the anonymous forum on CollegeACB keeps us safe from our own best friends (because let’s be honest, those are the people who typically say the worst things). It is

human nature to think and say the worst, be judgmental and run our mouths without concern.

I think we all need to come to terms with the fact that someone will always have an opinion that will differ from our own, and therefore will always lead to negative discussions. I think it is extremely important to consider both sides of a situation before you open your mouth and start spewing your thoughts. If a point can be justified, it is neither slander nor gossip.

However, when words are simply flung about to be hurtful or rude, then the problem reaches beyond the common greivances of small school attendees. It makes me wonder, are gossip and slander phases we go through? Or, are these traits embedded within us forever without any hope of out growing or escaping them? It takes a strong person to overcome the temptation to trash talk. Just be mindful that the walls here at Rollins may as well have ears, and absolutely nothing is sacred. It is your world Rollins, I just write about it.

This past Sunday, April 4, Christians celebrated their most important holiday: Easter. Easter honors the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Unlike other holidays though, Easter does not fall on the same date every year. Rather, Christian churches celebrate Easter on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on March twenty-first. Consequently, Easter is celebrated any time between March 22 and April 25 every year. Additionally, the week leading up to Easter is called Holy Week and includes Maundry Thursday, which commemorates Jesus’ last supper with his disciples, Good Friday, which honors the day of his crucifixion, and Holy Saturday, which focuses on the transition between the crucifixion and the resurrection.

Rollins was certainly aware of this holiday, and it showed its support for Christian students by having a celebration. On Good Friday April 2, Rollins held a Tenebrae (Shadows) service in the Chapel. The service included sacred music, brief meditations on the last words of Jesus, and optional communion. On Easter Sunday, April 4, Rollins held a Sunrise Service on the Cornell Fine Arts

patio at 7:00 a.m., with breakfast included. Additionally, there was a subsequent mass in the chapel at 11:00 a.m.

Some Rollins students were fortunate enough to be able to spend some time with their families on this holiday, including myself. I met my family in Palm Beach for the weekend, and we celebrated by going to mass on Sunday, dying Easter eggs, and having a family dinner at night.

Dr. Deaver, a literature professor here at Rollins, explained that he spent his weekend relaxing, writing, and grading his student’s work.

When asked about her Easter holiday, TJ Fisher (Class of 2013) replied, “I had a nice, relaxing weekend, and I got to spend it with my family. I went to my sister’s house and was

Easter Sunday CelebrationsDodie O’KeefeThe Sandspur

able to have a nice dinner with her, my nephew, and the rest of my family.”

Another important part of Easter is Lent. Easter ends the forty-day period of Lent, during which many people either give something up or make a goal and complete it. I decided to give up eating ice cream during Lent, which was very difficult, but I am proud to say that I did not break it. I then thoroughly enjoyed a large bowl of ice cream on Easter Sunday to celebrate. Alexandra Sol (Class of 2012) explained that she gave up Diet Coke during Lent and that she was very excited to be able to drink it again on Sunday.

Completing the Easter holiday is Eastertide, the fifty-day period following Easter Sunday that celebrates Jesus’ ascension into Heaven.

ASSOCIATED PRESSAnd The Hunt Begins: People celebrated the Easter holiday in many different ways this past weekend. Easter Egg dying and Easter egg hunting are among the most popular ways to celebrate with the younger participants.

April 9, 2010L i f e & T i m e s 9

Music at Midday showed off many Rollins students’ skills Thursday, April 1. I rushed into the Tiedtke Concert Hall just as the lights were dimming and we were reminded to turn off our cell phones.

The show moved swiftly from there, with men and women daring to attack incredibly difficult pieces, from Schubert to Beethoven.

I was sitting near the back, but I could still see fingers dancing as each player embraced their piece. Nine pianists had their opportunity to shine and let the audience in on their talents.

Emily Esposito (Class of 2010) started the concert off with a sonata by Franz Schubert, keeping our attention for about ten minutes. Not only was the piece executed beautifully, but I was amazed at how Esposito

IT Fair Shows Off Bells & Whistleshandheld video recorder. When you are done, you just stick it into your USB drive and that is it. No more having to transfer tape to computer and other tedious processes.

Of course, if your computer freezes or there is some other disaster, such as it crashing—

heaven forbid!—IT will be there, ready to help. I could not have been more impressed with not only all that was available to me that I never even knew about, but also the generosity and eagerness to help from the IT department.

I have put off stopping by their offices in the library because I just did not want to admit that I am completely technologically illiterate, but I will never hesitate to do so again—and to find out what other nifty gadgets are at my disposal!

Other booths showered me with flyers and offers for students that I am sure more of us are not taking advantage of—

The IT Fair took place Thursday, April 1, in Dave’s Down Under. The area was full of booths for Rollins IT services along with the following technology companies: AT&T, Office Max, Apple and Live@Edu.

Each booth had offers and complimentary items that student could get as they passed through he fair. The good quality about the fair was that it was open to those were did not consider themselves “technically-savvy.”

A lot of the booths showed demonstrations on a plasma TV with a built-in DVD player when I walked up and met Ken Turner, who works in the IT department. He smiled and immediately began telling me all the cool gadgets from the IT department that I never even knew were available to Rollins students.

That plasma TV I just mentioned? Yeah, you can check that out. IT will even come and help set it up so one does not go crazy trying to figure out where each wire goes.

I wish I had known that during the Super Bowl. Have a project for a class where you have to make a movie? You can borrow a Flip recorder, a simple,

Emily SessomsThe Sandspur

was not flipping sheets of music—she had it memorized!

Although the piece had motifs and repeated in some areas, this was truly a feat that should be recognized. Every pianist knew their piece by heart, and every pianist flaunted their finger talents.

I was not familiar with some of the pieces, although I did pick up on Stravinsky quite easily. They were complex, employing strange syncopations, and those attempting Bach’s baroque pieces had their hands quite

full. There were a few errors and

one pianist left the stage early after making some mistakes.

Having been a performer myself, I know how difficult it is to get up in front of an auditorium of people and how every mistake you make feels three hundred times bigger than it actually is.

Still, many pianists were able to finish their complicated pieces and a few stood out in particular: Adam Ravain (Class of 2013) performed a sonata by Rachmaninoff and attacked the piano with energy.

You could hear him hold his breath and enter the piece with emotion, then lightly treading the keys for a sweet ending. Wilson Diaz (Holt Undergraduate) concluded the program with Stravinsky’s “Tango,” and almost stood up at some points.

What was most disappointing about the performance was the turnout:

there were roughly 30 attendees. Even more upsetting was

the theater etiquette: at one point I began to hear a swish-swish and searched for the perpetrator. After doing this throughout a whole piece, I found the annoyance: a girl in the back was filing her nails. Filing her nails?! Are we serious? Many people glared at her until she stopped and I almost wanted to turn myself into a bouncer and kick her out. This act of rudeness distracted me for the remainder of the program as I bubbled in annoyance.

Whispers sporadically broke out, but most of the

audience behaved themselves appropriately. In fact, when I did not know a piece I often watched an older man sitting ahead of me, who seemed to nod when a pianist executed the piece and stop moving to the rhythm when there was a mistake. He, at least, seemed to appreciate the performance.

There are many more upcoming events in the Tiedtke Concert Hall that I encourage Rollins students to take the opportunity to attend these events. They range from a Bach Festival event this Friday, April 9, to jazz and guitar ensembles on Sunday, April 11, at 7:30.

Student Musicians Mesmerize Audiences at MiddayEmily SessomsThe Sandspur

“Not only was the piece executed beauti-fully, but I was amazed

at how she was not flipping sheets of music—she had it

memorized!”

hopefully that will change. The Office Max representative told me about the discounts available if students are interested which would apply to technology, print items, office supplies, and more.

Meanwhile, AT&T boasted a Student Bundle plan with unlimited messaging and early nights and weekends for $33.98 a month. Texters, you can breathe a little bit easier with that plan.

There was also a drawing for a Samsung Jack, Swiss briefcase, and portfolio (fingers crossed that my name is called!).

Cookies and drinks found their way into my hand as I guessed the number of screws in a laptop at the Help Desk. Live@edu was there to offer a potential alternative to Groupwise—an alternative that would be a big improvement, in my opinion.

Perhaps the only disappointment was that the fair happened two days before the iPad was released, so the Apple booth was not as overcrowded as it should have been.

Still, I had fun tinkering around with the laptops and iPods at the desk. Even if you are not a huge technology person, there was plenty offered for everyone at the IT Fair, and I strongly encourage you not to miss the opportunity next time.

“That plasma TV I just mentioned? IT will even come and help set it up for you!”

ROLLINS.EDURollins Pianists: The Pianists gather around the grand piano, ready to preform for their fellow students during the middle of the day.

ROLLINS.EDUMusic at Midday: Emily Esposito (Class of 2010) dazzles the crowd with a sonata by composer Franz Schubert

10 L i f e & t i m e sApril 9, 2010

FindingHumanity in

Yogurt

Café Hopping

Brendan MonroeColumnist

Notes and cultural ob-servations from the old

world to the new.

I’m sitting at a quiet table in the corner of a quaint yogurt shop on Park Avenue and Morse Blvd. This was not the plan for today. The plan had been to wander down Park Avenue and take in the sights and sounds of the annual Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival.

The rain however, altered those plans. Having made a personal pledge to never buy an umbrella, I’m resistant to the idea of walking around outside in the torrential downpour. So it is that I find myself here, in

a magical little yogurt shop known as “Gurtzberry.”

And yes, you need spend only a few minutes here to realize that the shop is indeed magical, reminiscent of the café that serves as the spot for many of the serendipitous interactions between characters in the French film “Amélie.”

Stepping inside of Gurtzberry is like entering Willy Wonka’s Chocolate factory. The bright, vibrant décor grabs you instantly, and before I know it I have plopped down into one of the brightly colored chairs that resemble gumdrops which are scattered across the room.

The couple seated beside me speaks to one another in a language I don’t recognize. The only thing I can understand is the way he looks at her, and the uncontained sounds of slurping which emanate from their corner.

No judgement exists here and patrons are free to slurp as much as they want, whether drinking a smoothie or partaking of the shop’s main offering; the yogurt. Remember

that Seinfeld episode where the entire city of New York has become fixated on a delicious, “non-fat” yogurt?

Then as usual Kramer comes along and screws everything up, forcing the shop to abandon the taste in pursuit of a truly healthy alternative? One can’t help but be reminded of that classic episode when here, enjoying spoonful after spoonful of delicious, non-fat yogurt.

But at some point while you’re snacking it hits you; it is hard to believe it’s non-fat because the yogurt is just so good!

The nutritional information is even posted to back the claim up. You can choose from one of four flavors here: Original, Chocolate, Green Tea and Raspberry.

Gurtzberry offers a wide selection of fresh fruits as toppings, in addition to the traditionally sugary stuff like Cap’n Crunch and M&M’s.

I was glad to be sitting down when I had my first taste, for it was like looking into the face of God and seeing him smiling back at you; less Christ Pantocrator and more Christ Redeemer.

And on the subject of Russian Icon Paintings, it is worth noting that the founders of Gurtzberry, Elina and Rimma, hail from the Caucasus region of Russia. Both women exude a sense of warmth and friendliness that is clear to all as they exchange hugs with a group of patrons who have

just entered.I glance over at the register

where a young couple shares a kiss before ordering separate fruit smoothies. At the table outside, an elderly couple shares a laugh as they take bites out of each other’s yogurt cups.

I can see the rain has stopped, but I’m not going anywhere. I’ve discovered that the nice couple beside me are visiting from Turkey, and are in the process of emigrating. We chat for a while about our respective countries, and life inside them.

As I tell her I note the shared expressions on the faces of the students at the counter as they taste their yogurt. While the soul of the place may be the yogurt, the heart of Gurtzberry is in the diverse group of people who come here to visit or work.

The whine of the yogurt machine is calling out to me and as I make my way up to the register, Newman’s eternal words echo in my head; “I’ve been waiting for something like this my whole life, and it’s finally here!”

“The bright, vibrant décor grabs you in-stantly, and before I know it I have plopped down into one of the brightly colored chairs

that resemble gumdrops which are scattered across the room.”

The new one-credit class, “INT 107: Leadership and Social Change,” is taught by the Director of Office of Multicultural Affairs, Mahjahbeen Rafiuddin, and the Director of the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership, Brent Turner.

The class started last week and will come to a close at the end of the semester. The purpose of the class, as outlined in the syllabus, is to “explore leadership through the lens of action, not position.” Many students initially signed up for the class for various reasons. Responses ranged from “I want to make a significant change in the world,” to “I needed one more credit to achieve senior status. Brent Turner explained that “The idea [of the class] came from countless

conversations about educating our students through a shared lens of leadership and cultural competency, using change as the core value.”

The beginning of the class was marked by students participating in a game called “crossing the line.” In this game, students were presented with various statements such as, “I am a female.” Next, the students who identified themselves with such statements would walk to a designated “line” in the room. As the game progressed, the statements became more and more personal. The ice-breaking activity helped the students both get to know each other better and to get to know themselves better--quite an appropriate outcome considering it successfully accomplished one of the class’ major objectives.

Subsequent class periods are scheduled to involve

discussions concerning the local community, the global community, and how to make a difference in both.

Brent went on to describe the class as a vehicle for “introducing key concepts to students and spark[ing] needed dialogue on campus. Students in this course will have multiple opportunities to engage in critical conversations in a classroom setting, as well as discover their leadership styles.” Turner and Rafiuddin work in tandem as a uniquely dynamic force. They expertly balance the education of leadership theories and diversity issues into their class.

Turner and Rafiudden also hope that they will have the chance to teach this single-credit course again because it coincides so well with Rollins’ mission statement emphasizing global citizenship and responsible leadership.

New Course Teaches LeadershipLouisa GibbsThe Sandspur

Relay for Life Gets StartedLouisa GibbsThe Sandspur

TRAVIS CLINGERPresenting the Relay: “With the help of communities like the Rollins community, we can find a cure for this terrible disease. Relay is more than just a fundraising event, it is also a time to celebrate survivors and remember loved ones lost. Relay is also a lot of fun and incredibly rewarding” believes Bailey Robb.

TRAVIS CLINGERRelay for Life Meeting: “This year’s event is unique to Rollins and has a dedicated group of students working to make it a lot of fun anda rewarding experience” claims President of Colleges Against Cancer and the Event Chair of Relay For Life, Bailey Robb (Class of 2010)

TRAVIS CLINGERRelay Seats: The chairs await the ready participants of Relay for Life.

The Rollins Relay for Life is sponsoered by the Colleges Against Cancer, who affiliate with the American Cancer So-ciety. This year’s theme is su-perheroes, and so the 25 teams signed up will have fun going around the track.

So far Rollins has raised $10,000 but they are aiming for $25,000 for a total, which would go towards cancer research.

The event will run from Friday April 16 at 6 p.m. until Saturday April 17 at 12 p.m. It is located on Lake Island Park.

April 9, 2010A r t s & E n t e r t a i n m e n t 11

Dodie O’KeefeThe Sandspur

On April 1 at 10 p.m., for-mer Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin hosted the premiere of her new show, “Real American Sto-ries,” on the Fox News Channel. According to Palin, the series is about ordinary Americans that have led extraordinary lives.

“Heroism, courage, gener-osity and a warrior spirit—these are things that unite all Ameri-cans,” stated Palin, while sport-ing a bright red blazer on the first show.

One of the stories on the show was about George Weiss, a wealthy businessman who helps prepare underprivileged students for college, and then pays for their education. After the stories, Palin introduced her studio audience to a group of grade-school students who are being helped by Weiss’ Say Yes to Education Foundation.

Several celebrity guests were also scheduled to appear on the first show, in addition to ordinary Americans like Weiss.

Avatars and Mad Hatters are already performing before American audiences in 3-D, and Shrek is coming soon. Now, a national Catholic television net-work is throwing priests into the mix.

CatholicTV debuted 3-D programs Tuesday in an effort to reach younger people and to make the faith message more vivid.

The network posted sev-eral 3-D shows on the Internet, released its monthly magazine in 3-D — complete with glass-es — and said it will eventu-ally broadcast some programs in 3-D. CatholicTV's director, the Rev. Robert Reed, said he'd been planning to introduce 3-D well before the success of James Cameron's movie "Avatar" or the 3-D "Alice in Wonderland."

"It's a way for us to show that we believe the message we have is relevant, and we're

going to use every possible av-enue to bring that message to people," said Reed, whose net-work reaches 5 million to 6 mil-lion homes nationwide through various cable providers.

Stephen Prothero, a religion professor at Boston University, applauded CatholicTV for tak-ing a risk with technology to attract a broader, younger audi-ence. Evangelical Christians are typically far more adept at that outreach, he said.

But if the 3-D shows aren't compelling, he said, it could backfire by reinforcing the no-tion that the Catholic Church is out of touch.

"In some ways, it's better to look like retro 2-D than bad 3-D," he said. "Hip is a moving target. James Cameron is up more on that than Pope Bene-dict."

CatholicTV, based in Water-town, Mass., is jumping into 3-D in a year when an unprecedent-ed 19 3-D movies are scheduled for release, including the latest

Shrek sequel. This month, 3-D went small screen when Sam-sung and Panasonic began sell-ing their first 3-D television sets for about $3,000 each.

"It's just a hot technology," Reed said. "So I don't see any reason why we shouldn't use it for the purpose of connecting with younger people."

Most of the shows the net-work converted to 3-D had al-ready aired, and its priority was to expose viewers to its range of offerings rather than to elicit any sort of "wow" factor.

"I just think that 3-D en-hances and accentuates the good work here that is being done," Reed said.

The effect can be hard to detect, particularly in the net-work's talk-show style pro-grams, which focus on priests bantering. It's more noticeable, for instance, in the filming of the rosary at the National Shrine in Washington, D.C., where the camera closes in on various art-works.

CatholicTV Broadcasts in 3-D

ASSOCIATED PRESSReligion in 3-D: In an attempt to lure in a more youthful audience, CatholicTV debuted programs in 3-D on their Web site.

Jay LindsayAssociated Press

The celebrities included country music star Toby Keith, former General Electric Chief Execu-tive Jack Welch, and rapper LL Cool J. On the show, the stars discussed how they overcame adversity to achieve success in a segment titled, “In Their Own Words.”

Not all of the stars were happy about the segment, how-ever. James Smith, better known

as LL Cool J, stated that he was unaware that his story was go-ing to be broadcast on Palin’s program.

“Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else and are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sar-ah Palins show. WOW,” Smith Tweeted this past Tuesday.

Consequently, Fox News dropped LL Cool J from the pro-

gram.“As it appears that Mr.

Smith does not want to be as-sociated with a program that could serve as an inspiration to others, we are cutting his inter-view from the special and wish him the best with his fledgling acting career,” a Fox spokesper-son stated.

After further investigation, it appears that much of the ma-

terial on the show consists of interviews taken from a Web-site that Fox launched in the summer of 2008. While singer Toby Keith did make an appear-ance on the show, performing his hit song “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The An-gry American),” he admitted he was surprised to discover that a year-old interview of his was included on Palin’s show.

Palin is becoming a promi-nent part of the media spot-light, between her show and her memoir, “Going Rogue: An American Life,” which is now a bestseller.

“I’m increasingly convinced that Sarah Palin is running to head a media empire rather than a presidential campaign,” wrote media reporter Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post.

Despite the interview dis-putes, Palin’s show was aired this past Thursday on the Fox News Channel. As of now, however, it is uncertain as to whether Palin will host further editions of “Real American Stories.”

ASSOCIATED PRESSControversial Talk Show: Sarah Palin’s new talk show is causing controversy due to her rehashed interviews, including one of LL Cool J.

Palin’s Re-Aired Interviews Cause Controversy

April 9, 201012S p o r t s

9fridayThere will be a memorial service for Dr. Wayne Hales at 2:30 p.m. in the Knowles Memorial Cha-pel. Red Priest (a Ba-roque music group) will perform in Keene Hall at 8 p.m. The Rollins base-ball team plays Tampa University at 6 p.m.

10saturdayThe Community School of Music Spring Recitals takes place in Keene Hall at 3 p.m. 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. The Rollins baseball team will play Tampa at 1 p.m. Red Priest performs at 11 a.m. in Keene Hall.

13tuesdayMusic at Midday will take place at 12:30 p.m. in Keene Hall. At 12:30 p.m. Dr. Ed Cohen will be speaking in the Inter-national House on “The Production of a Literary Landmark: The 1918 Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins.”

11sundayIn the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, the CFAMilies event will take place at 2:00 p.m. Come out and participate in arts proj-ects great for all ages!

12mondayIn Keene Hall at 7:30 p.m. Ryan Persaud will perform his senior recital, double bass and electric bass.

14wednesdayAre You Ready To Have Some Fun With Buford Fuddwhacker? 10 a.m. in Bush Auditorium At 7:30 p.m. in Keene Hall Edward Delgado will be performing his senior recital.

15thursdayMusic @ Midday will take place at 12:30pm in Keene Hall.

16friday“Playhouse Creatures” opens in The Annie Rus-sell Theatre at 8 p.m., continuing Saturday at 8 p.m. The Rollins softball team plays Eckerd at 1 p.m.

Dodie O’KeefeThe Sandspur

This past Thursday, April 1, in Alfond Stadium, the Rol-lins Baseball Team conquered the Lynn Fighting Knights in a 4-3 victory. Rollins scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to secure their win. Luckily, the

FROM ROLLINSSPORTS.COMDriving in a Run: Tied at 3-3, Scott Chase (Class of 2011) hit an infield fly during the eighth inning of the game against the Lynn Fighting Knights. The ball fell between first and second base, allowing Kevin Mager (Class of 2012) to run from third base to score the eventual game-winning point.

Tars overcame their five-game conference losing streak with this victory, making their record 24-13 on the season.

Rollins continued their mo-mentum with 6-0 and 5-0 wins on Friday, April 2. Missed these last games? Do not worry be-cause the Tars will be playing on Saturday, April 10 at 1 p.m., and

on Tuesday, April 13 at 6 p.m.Fortunately, the Baseball

Team was not the only team to earn some victories for Rollins. The Women’s Softball Team managed to win three games in a row. They won 5-0 against Lynn on Thursday, April 1, and 5-2 and 2-0 the next day. They will be playing at Tampa on Fri-

day, April at 7 p.m., and Satur-day, April 10 at noon.

Women’s Lacrosse contin-ued the success with two huge wins on April 2 and 3, beating Converse 26-10 and winning against Lees-McRae 21-2. Their record stands at 7-4.

Finally, Rollins concluded their victories with the Women’s

Tennis team clinching the win against Embry-Riddle with a score of 8-1. They will partici-pate in the Sunshine State Con-ference Tournament from April 14 through 17 in Lakeland. For those who would like to attend, keep checking the website (roll-inssports.com) for an update on their times.

Baseball, Tennis and Softball Win

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